The Numbers Just Aren’t There Anymore

Is local radio dying? Sadly probably yes, there just isn’t the listening figures to justify the costs
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[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

National radio is dying. The BBC is dying. It didn't have to be like this, but they chose.

[@paula7084]

The BBC is too woke to realise that that its wokery is destroying it .

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

I hate BBC and think the whole thing should go.... BUT - hearing the presenter talking about profit as if it's the only factor is definitely one of the major problems of our society!...... It doesn't have to make money to be worth while mate .....

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

@@Truth-And-Freedom Conversely, if people do not have to compete for resources they become complacent, as Thomas Sowell indicated: "The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." Thomas Sowell

[@mollymouse4900]

The sooner the better for the BBC !!!

[@davidhall4875]

The Beeb are their own worst enemy.. people listen to the radio (for the most part) for music to listen to.. if it becomes evident that the music doesn’t suit the listener then they switch off.. All of those many thousand of records they COULD play they stick to the same tired predictable play list.. coupled with junior presenters who are more interested in themselves and their own voice with very little intelligence or life skills to back the show it’s a recipe for failure 😣

[@christopherward9230]

As a truck driver I used to always listen to radio2 because it was available all over the country without having to touch the radio in my cab. During and after the BS of March 2020 onwards I got fed up of Jeremy Vine and his own agenda about covid and cutting people off who'd phoned in with their own views, which he didn't like, so i permanently cut him off, and we had Chris Evans at breakfast who was ok ish and then he went, and was replaced by miss Ball who couldn't be arsed to turn in, even though she was the highest paid, so I turned her off, and then we had Mr Ken Bruce who announced he was leaving, and taking his quiz popmaster with him. So now I don't bother with the BBC radio anymore and I know loads of other truck driver's who don't either, so im not surprised the figures are down for BBC radio and tv, and im not just putting that down to us truck drivers, im putting it down to people waking up to the BS they've been listening to, and making their own choices 😊 Bye bye BBC 👋

[@surreyscouse2873]

Absolutely with all of what you just said about R2.

[@markstarmer3677]

Good comment. They have been decline for a few years now. The decision makers (ex uni diverse snowflakes) there haven’t a clue about their core audience just box tickers. Can’t stand Vine, and Ball. Ken Bruce was the only reason why the die-hards tuned in, now he has gone. I only listen to Radio 4 extra. No bs news, just a nostalgic dip in the past with repeats of Steptoe, Dads Army, and Agatha Christie dramas etc. A gentle era that is sadly now gone.

[@mikestead3804]

Zoe Ball lost BBC 2 2million listeners, most Ken Bruce fans moved to his new station Jeremy Vine I stopped listening to his vile rhetoric a couple of years ago when he cut people off

[@jb-zr4ez]

Agree with you.

[@latscott]

And good riddance... Go Woke go Broke

[@timg1246]

The cost of running all those stations was always difficult to justify. Now it is impossible. The BBC is dying. Good.

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

How many is it, national and local radio stations? 56 I think. Then there's the world service, which ought to survive independently of the PBC, as it's always been something of a cultural ambassador. Not there's much of our culture left.

[@ddhh5]

Time for the BBC to make the ultmate cut.

[@bazkib]

Yeah, it's own neck. :)

[@bexsta7766]

​@@bazkib😂

[@tonytasker489]

I always used to listen to my local bbc radio station. Until they sacked their most listened to presenter for not being "diverse enough." Another presenter had to reapply for her job, which she had been doing for around 15 years, which consisted of her having to do an audition. She failed & lost her job.

[@mrh6976]

Radio Humberside got rid of a chap called Burnsy so I stopped listening they will never learn we want local programmes for local folk

[@anonnemo2504]

Yes, time was when BBC local radio output was half decent with discussions of issues affecting local listeners and good coverage of local sport. The last time I listened to BBC Radio Leeds, however, probably about 20 years ago, all I heard was the sort of pop and prattle peddled by commercial radio but without the adverts, of course. No doubt today, it is constantly pushing the "woke" agenda which will cause many to turn off.

[@zarathustra20]

@@mrh6976 Tubbs? What's all this shouting?

[@AndrzejLondyn]

KZbin podcasts are much better than any radio and TV stations...

[@maccagrabme]

Used to listen to LBC everyday about 10 yrs ago but cant stand it now, full of woke presenters.

[@neuralwarp]

Why do we need a data distribution megacorp? We want a cached Internet where individual creators can upload their content without adverts.

[@wideyxyz2271]

@@neuralwarp And without being "censored or controlled".

[@JenniferEKirk]

I stopped listening to music radio when radio 2 started ditching the popular DJs in favour of chasing after ‘younger listeners’. I started putting CDs in my car and listening to them instead.

[@pvelectronics4291]

Maybe it wasn't they were chasing younger audiences, its just us getting older!! I noticed the same feeeling when my beloved R2 started to feel like I was listening to R1 and concluded it was actually just me getting older!..... Now a R4 man

[@mattw8332]

After a few years on Radio 1, many of their DJs would end up on Radio 2.

[@RonaldShea5680]

The sickening greed of the bbc and it's employees is truly nauseating.

[@justaspartan8203]

Lots of local BBC radio presenters complaining in the media, they have all the contacts and insider knowledge but they have been exposed by the data. It’s been quite a gravy train for a longtime. The last time I listened to any BBC Radio whether it be local or national was during Covid and I switched it off and cancelled the TV tax licence as well. I despise the BBC and its bias and the guff they peddle!

[@zarathustra20]

Indeed lots of BBC presenters complaining, being platformed by their brethren in the media, but crucially there has been almost total silence from ordinary members of the pubilc!

[@surreyscouse2873]

Zoe Ball lost 1,000,000 listeners in her 1st year. P45? Nah, a £1,000,000 wage rise. Go figure that one out.

[@1669Python]

The BBC Local Radio network is just unsustainable in the modern world. I always think the listening figures were fiddled to keep it alive. If they could measure the "actual" number of people listening, we would be shocked of how low it was.

[@paula7084]

The BBC prefers to axe huge numbers of local radio staff rather than one Gary Lineker .

[@aaronhughes3648]

Probably most of their listeners now are people's pet dogs who's owners have put the radio on for them, so that they don't feel lonely when their owner goes out.

[@andycap6786]

Forcing your pet to listen to BBC radio for hours on end is pretty cruel in my opinion!

[@martinstevens2925]

This happened two years ago in Cornwall great bbc local radio at the time but they destroyed it by getting rid of local issues that were aired on the radio and brought in London issues news !! Ourselves in Cornwall couldn’t give a toss that’s why the listeners have gone 😡😡😡🇬🇧🇬🇧✝️🇮🇱✊🇺🇸

[@johnblack6161]

People are sick of all their propaganda,and anyway its same old faces Decade after decade.no one listens to radio when you have internet and stuff with music from you tube.

[@andycap6786]

I use to listen to a lot of radio, particularly dedicated music ones, and BBC radio 4. Unfortunately the BBC, and many so called 'independent' stations have gone completely green, left wing and woke. Consequently, I cancelled my TV tax, and stopped listening to the bias sh!t on the radio. Just KZbin now, and life is so much better. Little wonder the listening figures are down!

[@nonickname5850]

Over 6 years since ive been ripped off buying a TV licence.

[@jong3461]

With so many music streaming services. Why would people listen to random music with adverts on radio. When they can listen to what they feel like, often with no adds at all.

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

I sleep very badly. I wake up several times a night and I switch on the radio and it used to send me off again. I used to have it tuned to the BBC World Service. But whenever I switched it on it had trans delusionionists, moaning about slavery or some other woke rubbish. Now it is permanently tuned to Classic FM.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

I’m the same as you. Nowadays I have a You Tube audiobook channel playing at night instead of the BBC.

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree Good idea, I think I will try that.

[@qbarnes1893]

Unfortunately for those in the media who refuse to adapt to the fact that the common person can choose to watch or listen, will end up going bust, the tide has turned for the BBC, just like Saville, it came to an end. People make choices based on quality of service....

[@fidgetpants4058]

They haven't bandied them all together to save costs, it's so the public only hear one voice/narrative instead of local opinions or "rogue" DJ's

[@bampitony6108]

Just my opinion..The BBC are like a boil on the arse you don't want it there you don't need it there but the pain is still there...The pain I refer to is like paying the Enforced licence Fee...Why be force to pay for something you don't want or need..The people have the power to make to Establishment sit up and notice the anger felt forced upon them.... People's power can win this fight...✊✊✊

[@andymeadows2768]

Your not enforced to pay the licence I am 5 years free & will be for life fact

[@bampitony6108]

@@andymeadows2768 But your put through the stress of threatening letters Capita goons knocking on you door...Can you imagine a OAP recieving and letter saying you are under investigation...The panic and stress unimaginable...And this is legal..Where people have phoned up and cancelled they're licence..And it still goes on..They just say it's a computer mistake... 🤔

[@CamcorderSteve]

I pay the road fund licence, I do not drive on every road in the UK,so by your àrgument I should refuse to pay. 🙃

[@bampitony6108]

@@CamcorderSteve Are you forced to drive on every road..??

[@keithhooper6123]

Yes,because a lot of cars is almost nothing,or nothing

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

The slow decline towards failure continues. Good.

[@anonnemo2504]

Time was when BBC local radio output was half decent with discussions of issues affecting local listeners and good coverage of local sport. The last time I listened to BBC Radio Leeds, however, probably about 20 years ago, all I heard was the sort of pop and prattle peddled by commercial radio but without the adverts, of course. No doubt today, it is constantly pushing the "woke" agenda which will cause many to turn off.

[@siukcnc]

Never once listened to any local BBC radio station.

[@Larry1000]

I think that the only reason is people, are cancelling their tv licence, and the BBC want to cut costs so that they can keep paying out inflated expenses to the ones that are left working for them 😂😂😂

[@anythingbootneck]

Stopped paying the BBC four years ago and genuinely do not watch ANY tv. All I listen to is BBC radio 4 extra and radio 3. I instead pay KZbin £13.99 a month for ad free.

[@david.tlrave3559]

L B C, London brick company.!!!!!!

[@laceandwhisky]

I went to wave radio when three well liked djs got binned on radio 2 and they kept vile sorry meant vine 😂

[@ep1929]

Not listened to BBC radio in decades, full of far left mindsets. Main stations I listen to are GB news radio, absolute 80's, heart 90s & Gold. BBC radio are no longer required, same as BBC TV.

[@hazelanderson1479]

As an insomniac, I found that Radio 2 was a godsend with knowledgeable presenters like Janice Long, Richard Allinson, and the Dark Lord himself, Alex Lester. Great music and chat, and excellent company during the long hours of the night. However, the current music and presenters are not to my taste, and I now use BBC Sounds to catch up on dramas played on Radio 4 Extra.

[@pjcnet]

People still sometimes have the radio on in the background while they're doing other tasks including driving, but these days people can play whatever music they want any time online and access local information like traffic reports or local news instantly, radio is in many ways dated.

[@KevandPerry2]

Best radio station of all time and i loved trying to get the dial right on the waves for RADIO CAROLINE. The birth of many radio one Djsof the time.

[@ErikNordlicht]

Radio slowly dying here in Germany, too. I'm only listen to radio when I don't have the opportunity or time to connect my mobile phone to the car Radio or at work when a colleague turn it on. Except for the older generations(I'm close to 40🙃), there are so much opportunities to listen to your favourite content when you want, without advertising or breaks from news, traffic report or announcements like "Here is Radio....., the hottest music in town"😀

[@purplenurple4113]

I didn't watch the bbc or listen to their radio for years before I stopped my license.

[@mervwhitney7229]

I never listen to any BBC or other local radio stations. LBC was OK until it became totally woke, lefty liberal, including one particular presenter who is very well educated. In the 90s my favourite was Magic and now, it's Talk Radio or Smooth. You Tube is where i get the news and views. My generation? Post war Boomer.

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

I have never listened to BBC or any local radio. I only ever listen to Ken Bruce on Greatest Hits Radio. I have no time for other programs. In the words of Paul Simon, “I get all my news I need from the Weather Report”.

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

Community Radio is on the up.

[@roydavies7465]

They made cuts to local radio under austerity cut backs when Cameron went on his austerity campaign. One of the BBC local radio cuts was to evening shows from 7 pm onwards. The programs I listened to were axed for a national music show. Never appealed to me and haven't listened to radio since. Which in turn lead me to eventually stop watching regular live broadcast TV and cancel my license because they started cutting or changing TV shows I liked.

[@Barbarapape]

The whole of the BBC is well past it's prime, yet it expects us to keep watching and listening to the garbage they call entertainmemt. I used to listen to Radio 2 but not now, all the decent DJ's have seen the light getting dimmer and left, leaving the hapless ones playing Radio 1 music on Radio 2, No Thanks! RIP BBC..

[@janicereadymartcher7696]

They got rid of Burnsy and messed around with our local radio which was the last straw so we cancelled our tv licence.

[@pvelectronics4291]

BBC are blowing our licence fee obscenely. Just watched a Panorama on climate / Oil consumption, and Richard Bilton appeared in UK, Dubai and Alaska. Business class flights for him and the crew undoubtedly. What hypocrisy, its laughable. You can find far more informed, independent and critically analysed content on KZbin.

[@keithfreeman7725]

Shoosh..... They'll censor it if you enjoy it! 😃

[@roytabberer7427]

I agree with everything that you have said I also get fed up with them playing the same tunes over and over again.

[@22pb22]

The Local BBC had 2 different frequencies/Commentators/Studios etc covering a local League 1 football match. I kid you not!

[@WestonMike]

Spotify. So much choice. Obviously music but old classic radio series, podcasts, and, for the literary inclined, 15000 audiobooks.

[@seantaylor9758]

My early years of listening to the 'wonderful 247' radio one with all the 70's and 80's DJ's was great and always loved the radio one roadshow. Moved to radio 2 as I got older and the DJ's moved as well. I did listen to BBC Radio Gloucestershire until recently where the morning breakfast show was all about the local area and the DJ Simon Cummings very entertaining, however the BBC shake up has made him move on . I now listen to greatest hits radio for Ken Bruce, Simon Mayo and alike plus news from LBC and GB news and similar. BBC radio is finished for me.

[@johnredman4568]

I stopped listening years ago when all you got was giggling presenters entertaining themselves and telling the listeners what a good time they were having in the studio.

[@nick8772]

I used to listen to BBCR4 for their plays & comedy. About 10years ago the original comedy ceased to be funny... & the repeats could be listened to only so many times. The drama is now so PC that it's an insult to the intelligence.

[@garyhart6421]

Have not listened to the Radio for Years ! RAJAR says my 2 local stations only reach 12-13% of the pop and for only 1.1 to 1.6 hrs/person.

[@MichaelKettleson]

I stopped listening to radio when they replaced DJ's talking about the music to me, with multiple presenters talking about gardening spades or beans or other irrelevant topics to each other

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

I live in Australia, but honestly its the same here,just not with radio/TV tax bit. I used to listen to local radio station Triple M, but between pumping out the same bloody songs since 1980 and effing commercials promoting gambling apps like Ladbrokes, Sportsbet ect has turned me off commercial radio, so I tuned into Tripe J(Australian Broadcasting Corporation an Australian government owned Alternative Rock radio station) and its gone to shit too with it's Lefty Woke Garbage I stopped listening to it as well. Now days I listen to Spotify and get the music I actually enjoy without the unnecessary nattering from some wanker talking about the latest bullshit that doesn't interest me one iota.

[@psychodishwasher]

I've not listened to a radio in over 11years

[@mattw8332]

In my workplace we can listen to the radio. Up until this spring it was Radio 2. Jeremy whine was tolerated to a point. However when Ken Bruce left the default station became Radio Norfolk. The music RN play is a bit `samey' after a few days so I tend to listen to music (I too have acquired tastes) and podcasts on my headphones.

[@soniclady89]

BOOM Radio and Geatest Hits London for me

[@RubbishGimpy]

Its a dying industry. Newer generations don't know what terrestial TV and Radio is. I haven't listened to normal radio for about 15yrs. I now use a radio app for the niche music I like with no mainstream radio stations or adverts. The BBC needs to shrink and lose whole areas of it media. Even pirate radio has gone online. KZbin allows long streams so theres a free platform needing no media licence. The old ways need to go.

[@jjcoolaus]

In Australia, local talkback radio dominates the ratings often above music stations especially in the breakfast and drive time and evenings (bedtime). Here it’s not dying it’s thriving especially with phones and smart speakers

[@pvelectronics4291]

Scrap BBC local TV and radio. Maybe there is an argument for a slimmed down public service national broadcaster, but all those local radio and TV satellites, reporting on 'cat stuck up a tree' stories.... WTF. And how many local weather forecasters do they have for god's sake? What do the local weather forcasters do for the other 95% of their working day?

[@paulrose319]

my gran was alive in the 1990s that's how long its been since i listened to radio

[@composedlight6850]

'The Numbers Just Aren’t There Anymore' --- thats down to the fact that they pump out total rubbish.

[@stephenwalton2633]

It’s because people are starting to wise up to what is really going on.

[@jeffcole5708]

On the very few occasions I listen to radio it is always an independent stations. Gone are the days radio one is the first one you click on, some rubbish on that station.

[@jimlepeu577]

I listen to audio books. Used to listen to BBC when I was at sea for the shipping forecasts but even back the couldn’t stand the programming.

[@RonaldShea5680]

Millions of British households no longer pay the bbc poll tax, why should YOU?

[@bentullett6068]

I tend to in the car listen to a mixture of non BBC channels now or CD player as my car isn't a fancy Apple play car. I will be buying a USB-C to aux cable as i can then put Absolute Radio through the stereo which I pay the premium subscription to avoid the adverts and skip songs.

[@wildthing6668813]

If the licence fee is scrapped then I could see BBC radio taking advertising like all the commercial radio stations if the live as shown BBC stations go down the advertising route. The only thing I tune into on the radio is the local football teams matches and I do that on my Alexa device.

[@bingbong7316]

I'm down to occasional Jazz Record Requests on R3, that's it.

[@christophertripp8092]

I've been listening to radio Caroline for over a couple of years no news sport or weather a good variety of presenters playing all types of album music much prefer there format to the other stations that have playlists made by management would not even consider going back to those

[@toons2676]

Commercial local radio stations are better, but the BBC hasn't learnt that, and the bosses at the BBC suffer no consequences when viewing/listening figures drop,

[@nickcastings1568]

Steve wright ruined music radio by talking and having inane characters talking for more time than there was actual music! Now I can’t find a station that does not have two or even three presenters, I’m old enough to remember one presenter and about 85% of the show was the music we wanted to hear.

[@keithprice5208]

I've never enjoyed Auntie beebs local stations, as most of them seemed fairly amateurish, and boring. They were only started to try to appease the former listeners to the former very popular offshore "Pirate" stations, with the then insipid Radio 1. Still, at least you don't need a licence to listen to any of growing number of alternative stations.

[@philbarlow5114]

I've not listened to the radio since Noel edmons and D L T finished crap nowadays

[@tommiller1315]

GenX Suffolk - what local radio should be. (DAB+ or online only so far).

[@pjuk]

Like you say podcasts or Spotify / KZbin music is killing it as people want to listen to what they want rather than a repeat of the same 10 tracks of the week on a loop with a cringey DJ. Local radio in the main isn't even local now, well in commercial anyway, like you say it's pretty much all been bought up by Global with their old Heart and Capital brands churning out the same crap.

[@cblifeform8535]

I find spotify the place for my music and podcasts. I haven't bothered listening to the radio for the past 5 years.

[@rolandveshengho3913]

Bring back local radio with pirate radio. It will re invigorate local communities and local advertising

[@johnlomas1261]

I must be a proper dinosaur, it started going downhill when they got rid of Jimmy Young!

[@MoonLightMirageProductions2150]

I listen to LBC like 10am show and breakfast show. I listen to catch up of Andrew marr I listen to Andrew castle on. Saturdays and Sundays and listen to nick abbot too

[@keithhooper6123]

The BBC run a studio in Dorchester,but only do a couple of hours,(if even that) per day from the studio,as the rest of the output is regional/national output.

[@ozzy8286]

I occasionally listen to BBC Radio Scotland when driving in my car. They really should change their name as it does not represent the majority of Scottish people. They are far more interested in pushing their own particular "cultural agenda". It really does get very predictable and woke.

[@philipelliott7966]

No matter who or what’s playing Convenient listening is what I call it that’s all

[@neuralwarp]

The BBC and KZbin frameworks are holding back British tech now. We should have everything on fast broadband on demand, and car radios should allow sound only channels. Call it OpenCast?

[@PastPresented]

In my town they're only just installing fast broadband ...

[@user-he5so4gz4r]

Their viewing/listening figures are wide of the mark, everybody I know listens to Heart, Kiss and other local stations. BBC Radio Devon and Cornwall are my local regional stations. Nobody listens to them,in North Devon locals listen to the Voice it's more representative of the area and less patronising and middle-class.

[@ianship5058]

I never watch TV but do listen to radio sometimes However Children in need is getting beyond a joke I understand it costs about £13 million to put it on and I would be insulted as its hosted by Mainly presenters who are rich because of their fame .So its Rich people asking Poorer people to give money .Why don't they give their money ?

[@carguyuk7525]

BBC radio is crap. Local radio is the worse of radio with second class programmes due to poor funding. Pod casts is now the future if you want chat.

[@concernedcitizen12577]

Both Radio and Broadcast TV is dead to me, I only listen to one Community Radio Station for 2 hours a week. As for the BBC World Service, it's not as good as made out to be. Having lived and worked in Oman and Saudi Arabia and one of the places was where the British Eastern Relay Station (BERS) on Masirah Island, Oman which broadcast the BBC World Service,used to be before it transferred to mainland OmanI rarely listened to it.

[@king77703]

People are slowing waking up to how music is corrupt and how these bands, groups n singers get to the top, it's all pre planned n orchestrated 👍

[@williams4434]

Mark Devlin Musical Truth.

[@keithfreeman7725]

A quote from Dead Prez lyrics: just because it's popular, doesn't mean it's any good.

[@harveyneedleman817]

If you are still paying the licence fee you are part of the problem. My TV works perfectly well without one. Defund the bbc.

[@MrBillGarland]

👍🇬🇧😊

[@VulcanDriver1]

Wimborne has its own community FM radio station. It's really good and a real local station. National radio, I listen to Planet Rock and Classic FM

[@Kivetonandrew]

I've ne er listened to my local station, BBC Sheffield. Always found it a bit stuffy and boring. The local commercial stations were always much better. Unfortunately today's chart music being spewed out is generic drivel. What may be of interest, have you tried Boom Radio? Being a Boomer myself, I tuned in a few months ago, now totally hooked. Give it a try you may like it. It is also available on an app.

[@colinchase6571]

Rarely listen to radio 4 much prefer Times Radio .

[@thedad7218]

How can anybody know how many listeners they have lost

[@malp78]

I used to listen nearly all day to BBC Radio 4xtra for it's drama, comedy and panel shows. Sadly every element of their 4Extra output is now totally woke, minority pandering, virtue signalling bullsh*t. Unlistenable!

[@Woodkin007]

After they fucked over Mayo by trying to force him to work with smug affected Jo bloody Wiley, and Ken Bruce left. Yeah, I just wont listen to Radio 2 anymore. Greatest Hits now has Mayo and Bruce and it is just as good.

[@paulcock3489]

There goes another excuse for telly tax

[@AgtX999]

they dont need a studio they could give djs the hardware to broadcast from home especially if they just did internet radio

[@stuartb4525]

During the Convid period, a commercial radio station over here in Northern Ireland, had all the presenters working from home. They all had the equipment set up in their homes and carried on as normal for roughly 2 years. Quality remained the same. Obviously they had a few staff in the Studio for any of the tech stuff, or pressing buttons for the adverts etc.

[@pollywollydo]

Do the reduced % listeners coordinate with the increase in diversity region by region ? 🤔

[@volt8684]

Vernon Kay did more for Radio2 than anyone this week.

[@AndrewSvonja]

bbc cant moan they switched off all their MW transmitters and ergo people cant find the staion and not interested in buying a dab radio.. a radio is the easiest form of tech thats been around for over 100 years switch on tune until you find a signal end of...

[@Simon_Rafferty]

The other problem - and why I've given up listening in the car - is the transmission power on FM (I suspect) has been reduced. To the extent that now (in new car) I can't receive Radio 4 for the whole of my journey to work. Listen on DAB you say? If you live near the coast, close to France, DAB is practically non-existant! OK, you could stream it on your phone? I could if the mobile coverage was decent in the UK - but it just isn't. Outside cities & major roads, it's useless.

[@RubbishGimpy]

In Kent on the South coast your mobile automatically connect to French mobile companies too. Drive along the A20 it fluctuates depending on what stretch of rad your on.

[@Simon_Rafferty]

It's odd that if I visit the French Coast, close to the UK, I have good mobile & Radio reception. They don't seem worried about interfering with us.